Wireless communication network, GPS-tracked back-pack spraying systems and command center configured for proactively spraying environmentally-safe anti-fire chemical liquid on property surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11697039-B2
Application number	US-202117497946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2021
Priority date	Dec 2, 2017
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

A wireless system network for managing a GPS-tracked backpack spraying systems commissioned to proactively spray environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on buildings, surrounding property, and ground surfaces to protect such property against risk of ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire. The wireless system network includes a command center in operable communication with a wireless communication network; and one or more GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid backpack spraying systems, each being in operable communication with the wireless communication network, and having a backpack frame carrying an integrated supply tank and a spray pump deployable on properties for spraying the properties with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly connected to the spray pump by way of a fluid connection. The wireless system network further includes a GPS system for transmitting GPS reference signals from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to a GPS transceiver installed aboard each mobile GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying system, for GPS signal processing and GPS-coordinate location. The mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying system enables (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of anti-fire chemical liquid from the GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system when located at GPS-indexed coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a network database deployed on the wireless system network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless system network for managing mobile GPS-tracked backpack anti-fire chemical liquid spraying systems commissioned to proactively spray environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid on buildings, surrounding property and ground surfaces to protect such property against risk of ignition and flame spread in advance of the presence of wild fire, said wireless system network comprising:
a command center in operable communication with a wireless communication network;
one or more mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying systems, each said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system being in operable communication with said wireless communication network, and having a backpack frame supportable on the back of a person and carrying an integrated supply tank filled with a supply of environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid, and a spray pump deployable on properties for spraying the properties with said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly connected to said spray pump by way of a fluid connection; and
a GPS system for transmitting GPS reference signals from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to a GPS transceiver installed aboard each said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system, for GPS signal processing and GPS-coordinate location; and
wherein said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system enables (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid sprayed from said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system when located at GPS-indexed coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a network database deployed on said wireless system network.

2. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system further includes:
a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem;
a micro-computing subsystem interfaced with said GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem by way of a system bus; and
a wireless communication subsystem interfaced to said micro-computing platform via said system bus.

3. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein said spray pump comprises an electric-motor driven spray pump that is energized by a rechargeable battery carried by said backpack frame.

4. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system sprays said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid on ground surfaces to form a GPS-tracked environmentally-clean chemical firebreak on specified property surfaces, that is automatically mapped and recorded in said network database, and which when dried, inhibits fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of a wild fire.

5. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system sprays said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid on property surfaces to form a GPS-tracked environmentally-clean fire protection zone about specified property surfaces, that is automatically mapped and recorded in said network database, and which when dried, inhibits fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of a wild fire.

6. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system includes:
a GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem;
a micro-computing subsystem interfaced with said GPS-tracked and remotely-monitored anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem by way of a system bus; and
a wireless communication subsystem interfaced to said micro-computing platform via said system bus,
wherein said GPS transceiver is also interfaced to said micro-computing platform via said system bus.

7. The wireless system network of claim 6 , wherein said micro-computing platform comprises:
data storage memory;
flash memory;
a programmable microprocessor;
a general purpose I/O (GPIO) interface; and
wherein said system bus interfaces these components together and provides the necessary addressing, data and control signal pathways supported within said micro-computing platform.

8. The wireless system network of claim 7 , wherein said wireless communication sub system comprises:
an RF-GSM modem transceiver;
a T/X amplifier interfaced with said RF-GSM modem transceiver; and
a WIFI and Bluetooth wireless interfaces.

9. The wireless system network of claim 7 , wherein said flash memory contains microcode providing a control program that runs on said programmed microprocessor and realizes the various GPS-specified anti-fire chemical liquid spray control, monitoring, data logging and management functions supported on said wireless system network.

10. The wireless system network of claim 6 , wherein said GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid spray control subsystem comprises:
anti-fire chemical liquid supply sensor(s) installed in or on said supply tank to produce an electrical signal indicative of the volume or percentage of the supply tank containing said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid at any instant in time, and providing such signals to an anti-fire liquid spraying system control interface;
a power supply and controls interfaced with said spray pump, and also said anti-fire liquid spraying system control interface; and
a manually-operated spray pump controls interface, interfaced with said anti-fire liquid spraying system control interface;
said anti-fire liquid spraying system control interface is interfaced with said micro-computing subsystem, via said system bus.

11. The wireless system network of claim 1 , which further comprises a GPS-indexed property database system for storing the GPS coordinates of the vertices and maps of all property parcels contained in every town, county and state of the region, over which said wireless system network is deployed and used to manage wild fires.

12. The wireless system network of claim 1 , wherein said command center sends instructions to said mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying systems for human operators to spray GPS-specified property with said environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so as to proactively protect such property against risk of ignition and flame spread when in presence of wild fire.

Assignees

• Mighty Fire Breaker Llc

Inventors

• Conboy Stephen

Classifications

• A62C3/0214

  for buildings or installations in fire storms · CPC title

• G06Q10/06311

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title

• A62C3/00 Primary

  Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places ({in oil wells E21B29/08, A62C35/00; in mines or tunnels E21F5/00} ; for nuclear reactors G21C9/04) · CPC title

• A62C3/0228

  with delivery of fire extinguishing material by air or aircraft (fire-fighting aircraft B64D1/16) · CPC title

• A62C3/0271

  Detection of area conflagration fires (fire alarms for forest fires G08B17/005) · CPC title